Lard i Athribis
West of Az-Zakazik, over the Damietta arm of the Nile, on the Cairo-Alexandria railroad, 48 km to the north of Cairo and approx. 20 northeast of the Nile dam, Banha extends (Lard), the capital of the province of Al-Kaljubijja, textile and food industry center.
Out of town, ok. 150 m from the road to the northeast, the remains of Athribis were discovered on Tali Atrib or Kom al-Atrib (Egyptian Hut -Herib, Hut-Heri-Ib), capital city 10. nomu dolnoegipskiego, already existing in the early Old Kingdom.
During the XXVI Dynasty it was one of the largest cities in Egypt. There is little left of it, for the ruins were destroyed by the sebbahu prospectors. There was a temple dedicated to Morus Chenti-cheti (a man with the head of a falcon or a crocodile).
The sacred black bull was also worshiped at the center – Kemura. The temple (there is no trace of it) was built by Amenhotep III (XVIII dynastia).
The oldest surviving fragments of the sanctuary come from the reign of Amazis in the XXVI dynasty.
The tomb of Tahut was found in the necropolis, the wife of Psametik II. The Hellenistic city was founded by the Greeks of the army of Alexander the Great. Later it was an important religious center, whose culture was shaped by Greek influences, Egyptian and Persian. A large bathhouse with marble columns comes from this period.
Here you can see the ruins of a temple dedicated to Dionysus, identified with the Egyptian Osiris (archaeological work is still ongoing). W 325 r. the city was proclaimed the seat of the bishopric.
In the early Middle Ages, the local church of Our Lady became famous for its miracles.
In Tali Atrib in 1957 r. the Polish archaeological mission undertook excavations and unveiled a temple from the times of the Amazis. Found gold plates with the name of the pharaoh. The team's achievements also include the excavation of Hellenistic baths and monuments from the Late Era (ok. 730-330 p.n.e.). Archaeologists under the leadership of Karol Myśliwiec in the 1985-1995 they conducted rescue research in the craftsmen district (public bath).